At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June 2023, Apple introduced the Vision Pro. The Vision Pro is a Mixed Reality (MR) headset, more specifically it is a Virtual Reality (VR) device with an additional Video See-Through (VST) capability. The VST capability turns the Vision Pro also into an Augmented Reality (AR) device. The AR feature is enabled by streaming the real world via cameras to the (VR) screens in front of the user's eyes. This is of course not unique and similar to other devices, like the Varjo XR-3. Nevertheless, the Vision Pro has some interesting features, like an inside-out screen that can show the headset wearers' eyes to "outsiders" or a button on the top, called "Digital Crown", that allows you to seamlessly blend digital content with your physical space by turning it. In addition, it is untethered, except for the cable to the battery, which makes the headset more agile, compared to the Varjo XR-3. This could actually come closer to the "Ultimate Display", which Ivan Sutherland had already sketched in 1965. Not available to the public yet, like the Ultimate Display, we want to take a look into the crystal ball in this perspective to see if it can overcome some clinical challenges that - especially - AR still faces in the medical domain, but also go beyond and discuss if the Vision Pro could support clinicians in essential tasks to spend more time with their patients.

翻译：在2023年6月的全球开发者大会（WWDC）上，苹果公司发布了Vision Pro。Vision Pro是一款混合现实（MR）头显，更具体地说，它是一款具备附加视频透视（VST）功能的虚拟现实（VR）设备。VST功能使Vision Pro也能充当增强现实（AR）设备。该AR功能通过摄像头将真实世界实时流式传输到用户眼前的（VR）屏幕来实现。这当然并非独特功能，与Varjo XR-3等其他设备类似。尽管如此，Vision Pro仍具备一些有趣特性，例如一块内向式屏幕，可向“外界”展示头显佩戴者的眼睛；以及顶部一个名为“数字表冠”（Digital Crown）的按钮，可通过旋转实现数字内容与物理空间的无缝融合。此外，除连接电池的线缆外，该头显无需其他束缚，相较于Varjo XR-3，其使用更加灵活。这或许更接近伊万·萨瑟兰（Ivan Sutherland）早在1965年所描绘的“终极显示器”的构想。与“终极显示器”类似，这款设备尚未面向公众发布。在此视角下，我们希望审视未来趋势，探究它能否克服——尤其是AR在医疗领域仍面临的部分临床挑战，同时也进一步讨论Vision Pro是否可支持临床医生处理关键任务，使其能够将更多时间投入于患者照护。